In addition, the company announced that Crunchyroll and Sumitomo Corporation had created a joint venture to produce and invest in anime productions. On October 22, 2015, Anime News Network reported that Crunchyroll had achieved 700,000 paying subscribers. Ellation's services included VRV, which debuted in 2016, a video streaming platform described as targeting "geeks, gamers and lovers of comedy, fantasy and technology." On August 3, 2015, Variety reported that Otter Media would unveil Ellation, a new umbrella company for its subscription-based video services including Crunchyroll.
The new company was named Otter Media and became the majority owner of Crunchyroll. Both companies committed over $500 million in funding to the venture. On April 22, 2014, AT&T and The Chernin Group announced the formation of a joint venture to acquire, invest in and launch over-the-top (OTT) video services.
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The Chernin Group said that Crunchyroll management and existing investor TV Tokyo would maintain a "significant" stake in the company. A person with knowledge of the transaction said the price for the acquisition was close to $100 million. president Peter Chernin's holding company, announced that it acquired a controlling interest in Crunchyroll. On December 2, 2013, The Chernin Group, former News Corp.
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On October 30, 2013, Crunchyroll began digitally distributing 12 different manga titles from Kodansha – series such as Attack on Titan and Fairy Tail were part of the manga that were available initially – through Crunchyroll Manga. This was the first DVD release licensed by Crunchyroll. In 2010, Crunchyroll announced its acquisition of the North American DVD rights to 5 Centimeters Per Second.
On January 8, 2009, after announcing a deal with TV Tokyo to host episodes of Naruto Shippuden, Crunchyroll stated that it was committed to removing all copyright-infringing material from its site and to hosting only content to which it had legitimate distribution rights. However, Crunchyroll eventually began securing legal distribution agreements with companies, including Gonzo, for a growing list of titles. The investment drew criticism from anime distributors and licensors Bandai Entertainment and Funimation as the site continued to allow users to upload illegal copies of licensed titles. In 2008, Crunchyroll secured a capital investment of $4.05 million from the venture capital firm Venrock. Some of the content hosted on Crunchyroll included fansubbed versions of East Asian shows. The original Crunchyroll logo used from 2006 to 2012.Ĭrunchyroll started in 2006 as a for-profit video upload and streaming site that specialized in hosting East Asian content. Crunchyroll also releases titles on home video either directly or by having select anime titles released through its distribution partners ( Aniplex of America, Sentai Filmworks, Viz Media, & Discotek Media in North America and Anime Limited in the United Kingdom). Crunchyroll passed one million paid subscribers in February 2017, and has over 5 million paid subscribers as of 2021. Ĭrunchyroll offers over 1,000 anime shows, more than 200 East Asian dramas to users, and around 80 manga titles as Crunchyroll Manga, although not all programming is available worldwide due to licensing restrictions. "Crunchyroll-Hime", also known as "Hime", is the official mascot of Crunchyroll. The company is currently owned by Sony through a joint venture between Sony Pictures and Sony Music Entertainment Japan's Aniplex.Ĭrunchyroll has offices in San Francisco, Culver City, Los Angeles, Dallas, Burbank, New York City, Melbourne, Montreal, Tokyo, Paris, Roubaix, Berlin, Chișinău, Lausanne, and London, and is a member of The Association of Japanese Animations (AJA). Discovery, and from 2016 to 2018, the company partnered with Funimation, which would eventually merge into its brand in 2022 after Sony acquired Crunchyroll in 2021. Crunchyroll was a subsidiary of Otter Media, which is currently a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Founded in 2006 by a group of University of California, Berkeley, graduates, Crunchyroll's distribution channel and partnership program delivers content to over 100 million registered users worldwide. Aniplex ( Sony Music Entertainment Japan 2021–present)Ĭrunchyroll, LLC is an American distributor, publisher, production and licensing company focused on streaming anime, manga, and dorama.
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